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TIPS FROM OUR SHOP ROUTING SMALL PARTS a When routing the recess for the blade in the Marking Knife (page 14), I ran into two problems. First, the workpiece is too small to clamp down without having the clamps get in the way of the router. Also, a small workpiece like this doesn't offer enough support to keep the router from tipping. The solution to both problems is a simple routing platform. It's just a piece of 3/4"-thick MDF with a groove cut in it to fit the knife blank. Note: Cut the groove deep enough so the blank CUTTING MULTIPLES■ Before building the Modular Wall Storage System shown on page 16, I sat down with a hot cup of coffee to count the number of hardboard hooks I had to make. But by the time I added them all up, my coffee was getting cold. That's because altogether, the system had over 100 hooks. To cut the slots for these hooks quickly and safely, I used a simple jig and a dado blade mounted in the table saw. The hooks are inserted into the jig-like slides in a projector, see upper photo. Then the jig carries the hook through the blade, see lower photo. The jig is made up of two main parts: an auxiliary fence, and a pair of keeper blocks, see Fig. 1. To hold the hooks in place, there's a rabbet on one end of each keeper block. Each rabbet forms a lip that fits over the hook and keeps it from falling out as you make a cut, see Fig. la. Note: Cut these rabbets so the hook slides in with a friction fit. To assemble the jig, screw one keeper block to the auxiliary fence. Then use a hook as a spacer to position the second block. With one of the hooks in place, it's just a matter of aligning the layout lines for the slot with th^^ dado blade, see Fig. 2. Then just screw the auxiliary fence to the miter gauge and cut the slots. 30 ShopNotes No. 39 CARPET TAPE PLATFORM will sit flush with the top of the MDF. Along with a strip of carpet tape, the groove holds the blank securely in place. And the platform supports the base of the router. If you use a fixed-based router, you'll need to drill a hole as a starting point for the router bit, see Step 1. Once the hole is drilled, rout the mortise just shy of the layout line, see Step 2. KNIFE BLANK STEP1 NOTE: DEPTH OF STEP 2 V4" STRAIGHT BIT |
